Brilliant Character-Driven Horror
The Only Good Indians was a brilliant character-driven horror story that was rich in culture and legend. This was my first book by Stephen Graham Jones, but it won't be the last!
One thing is for sure, Jones writes characters wonderfully. This was a very character-driven novel - which is my favorite kind. But in the beginning he is almost dealing with one character at a time, developing their story and how they deal with this curse and then moving on to the next one. Then he throws in the point of view of this... "entity" instead of it being sort of just a concept. And that threw me a bit. But then it all wraps up neatly at the end... well, not neatly - it was pretty messy actually - but... it wraps up.
The plotting was original. Going through each of the four friends and telling their stories almost separately, though inexplicably linked. And the very end felt like we were coming full-circle, which was satisfying.
MY RATING:
Story: 4
Characters: 5
Overall: 4.5 stars
One thing is for sure, Jones writes characters wonderfully. This was a very character-driven novel - which is my favorite kind. But in the beginning he is almost dealing with one character at a time, developing their story and how they deal with this curse and then moving on to the next one. Then he throws in the point of view of this... "entity" instead of it being sort of just a concept. And that threw me a bit. But then it all wraps up neatly at the end... well, not neatly - it was pretty messy actually - but... it wraps up.
The plotting was original. Going through each of the four friends and telling their stories almost separately, though inexplicably linked. And the very end felt like we were coming full-circle, which was satisfying.
MY RATING:
Story: 4
Characters: 5
Overall: 4.5 stars